Preschoolers' compliance with simple instructions: A descriptive and experimental evaluation

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-247

  Stephenson, Kasey M ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent intervention; Compliance; Preschoolers; Three step prompting; Treatment integrity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952781958     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-229     Document Type: Article

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